On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that while health care is an issue in the shutdown, “there’s a much bigger issue as well,” which is “this is an administration that is prosecuting its enemies. It’s an administration that is deporting people without due process. It’s an administration that is threatening people’s free speech if they criticize the views of Charlie Kirk. It’s an administration that is putting blanket tariffs that are raising people’s prices.”

Host Jen Psaki asked, “Next week, just a couple of days from now, September 30, the government is on track to shut down. There are a range of reasons for this, including Republicans won’t fund healthcare subsidies, which I think is a really important part of this, that millions of people rely

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